by Tig Tillinghast | May 27, 2020 | Business of Forestry, Clients, Foresters, Research and Studies, Urban Forestry
This year’s poll going out to 20,000 tree professionals started off with questions about COVID-19. We’ll get to the typical annual questions on the market, but first explore some of the results dealing with the pandemic. A high proportion of those polled...
by Tig Tillinghast | Nov 19, 2014 | Apps, Business of Forestry, Ecological Data Capture, Education, Invasives, Non-Forestry Uses, Urban Forestry, USFS, Wildlife
This quarter we review a few favorites, ranging from free soil software that will use the GPS and indicate the structure and content of what’s underneath your feet to some of the horticulture reference texts that have been made available online. These are just a taste...
by Tig Tillinghast | Nov 19, 2014 | Apps, Business of Forestry, Clients, GIS, Mapping, Research and Studies, Risk Assessment, Tree Healthcare, Urban Forestry
Over the course of customizing Urban Forest Metrix for dozens of different firms and arborists each quarter, we get to know how people work alike and how they work differently. Here are the key desires arborists said they need and haven’t been able to find:...
by Tig Tillinghast | Nov 19, 2014 | Business of Forestry, GIS, Inventories, Mapping, Municipal, Navigation, Non-Forestry Uses, Risk Assessment, Roads, Urban Forestry
Many arborists who offer tree risk assessments are new to this sort of service offering. After having customized software to a good number of these professionals, we can now share some learnings that would help others who seek to make this a new revenue stream. About...
by Tig Tillinghast | Jul 23, 2014 | Apps, Business of Forestry, Cultural Measurement, Research and Studies, Uncategorized, Urban Forestry
Urban Forest Metrix released the results of a survey sent to a couple thousand arborists asking about their own local business conditions. The upshot? Demand in the industry is growing rapidly, but so is competition. A lot of facts came out of the study, such as which...
by Tig Tillinghast | Jul 23, 2014 | Apps, Business of Forestry, Mapping, Non-Forestry Uses, Regions, Research and Studies, Risk Assessment
Tree risk assessments are the single strongest growing category of business for arborists aside from tree healthcare. Urban Forest Metrix incorporates several easy methods to conduct risk analyses, including the one most used by arborists across the U.S. and Canada:...
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